Chapter 964 - 579: Temple and White Elephant
Lis looked at the magnificent Azus Temple in front of him, letting his spiritual power extend toward the temple.
Soon, his spiritual power collided with an extremely solid barrier, completely unable to penetrate it even in the slightest. After several fruitless attempts, he also gave up the idea of probing ahead.
Not detecting any useful information, Lis was not surprised.
After all, this was an orthodox temple of a Divine. The protection of Divine Power still existed and had not completely dissipated with the passage of time. Failure to probe was quite normal.
Given this, Lis also did not continue to delay. He stepped toward the stone steps in front of him.
"Hmm?"
The moment he stepped on the gray-white stone steps, Lis suddenly felt an extremely powerful force of rejection instantly acting on his body.
There was no room for resistance, and Lis was immediately thrown out.
However, this force did not cause any harm to Lis. He adjusted his posture mid-air and landed steadily on the ground.
Is this the rejection force of the temple?
Is this Azus Temple refusing my entry?
This is what was mentioned on the players' forums in the past life, that only Priest professionals can enter this temple.
But it shouldn't be completely hopeless...
Lis was not too surprised, having considered all possibilities before seeking the Azus Temple.
Raising his right hand, a faint white Holy Light emerged from his palm and gradually enveloped his body.
First-tier Divine Skill [Enhance Resistance]!
This Skill Stone's most basic Priest Divine Skill can use Divine Energy to protect the target from harm while exempting lower resistance bonuses.
Generally, Priest professionals need to have faith in a Divine to use Divine Skills.
Whether the faith is in a True God or an Evil God, receiving a response from the faith Divine and obtaining the bestowed power is necessary for the normal use of Divine Skills.
However, this is not absolute; there are two other situations.
One is the Yijie Divine Skill [Enhance Resistance] that Lis just used, similar to a few basic Divine Skills that do not need Divine Power as a reliance to be used.
These Divine Skills also belong to Common Divine Skills; Minstrels, Mages, and other Extraordinary professionals can also master these Divine Skills without needing to specifically believe in a Divine.
There are certain limitations to this, mostly Mid to Lower Rank Divine Skills.
The second situation is a bit more special.
The reason Priests can use Divine Skills after receiving Divine favor is essentially because the Divine grants them the power corresponding to the Divine Domain, similar to the Priests receiving the "usage rights" of the corresponding Divine Authority.
This allows them to master and use the corresponding powers without understanding the principles of Divine Skills.
Because of this, Priest professionals only need to continuously meditate to enhance their Mana and understand Divine teachings through the Holy Scripture of the Church of the Gods, continuously drawing closer to the faith Divine to use more powerful Divine Skills.
Because of this reason, as long as the Divine is willing to pay the cost, they can instantly make an ordinary person a powerful Priest professional, which is a shortcut that other professions do not possess.
However, among the player group, aside from some with special preferences, the Priest profession is not very popular.
On one hand, it is because most Priest professionals are not strong in direct combat, and on the other hand, the way Priests advance in Rank seems somewhat inhuman to the players.
What kind of joke is needing the recognition of the faith Divine?
Most Priest players muddle through somehow, but there are always a few unlucky Fellows that get utterly stuck.
Hence, quite a few players keep a respectful distance from the Priest profession.
But now, Lis is different.
From the teachings received from his teacher, Lis understands that so-called Divine Skills are actually greatly weakened versions of Divine Authority, which is why the power of Divine Skills is like Spells that encompass everything, with Priests of different faith mastering different Divines.
The Divine Authority is the Divine's mastery over the Divine Domain, corresponding to different rules of Gaia World, thus demonstrating different powers.
And the Extraordinary Domain and Legendary Domain are actually subordinates to the Divine Domain and can also mobilize the strength of Gaia World.
Therefore, as long as one masters the Extraordinary Domain and Legendary Domain, Mage professionals also have the possibility of mastering the Divine Skills belonging to that Domain.
However, unlike Divine Skills bestowed by Divines, to master these Divine Skills, Mages need to rely on their strength to dissect the makeup of Divine Skills, fully mastering them before they can use the corresponding Divine Skills.
Thus, although this possibility exists, few Mages truly attempt to master Divine Skills.
But Lis is different; his purpose in coming to the Azus Temple is to gain more knowledge of Divine Skills, thereby acquiring the Priest basic profession specialty.
Previously, Lis had several opportunities to acquire the Priest basic profession specialty, but none of the specialties were suitable for him, so Lis chose to give them up.
After all, at first, his Mage basic profession specialty [Magic Power Thinking], being replaced by the higher specialty [Arcane Thought], is not a common occurrence.
So, Lis is quite picky about the choice of the Priest profession's basic specialty.
Though he hasn't decided which Priest profession specialty he wants to obtain, the direction of his choice has already been determined.